Arsene Wenger up for switch to Paris once Arsenal days are over

Arsene Wenger today reiterated his interest in taking a role at Paris St Germain once his managerial career comes to an end.

The Arsenal boss, who turns 62 next week, hails from the Alsace region of France and has previously hinted at a return to his native country in an advisory capacity.

In August, Wenger signed a new contract keeping him at Emirates Stadium until 2014 but he told French regional newspaper Republicain Lorrain that he may one day consider a move to PSG.

"It's not impossible but it wouldn't be in a coaching role," he said. "PSG are the only club in the world based in an area of 10 million inhabitants that doesn't have any competition [from a rival club]. What needs to be done is to get a group of investors around the table to provide the club with some financial muscle."

PSG sit seventh in Ligue 1 and despite winning the French Cup last season have had a barren run in recent years and have rarely featured in the Champions League since reaching the semi-finals in the late 1990s.

Wenger's commitment to Arsenal remains firm, however, and he will be encouraged by the club's academy director Liam Brady's claims that the Gunners have an excellent crop about to burst onto the big stage.

"They really are an excellent group of kids," he said. "It's mainly the basis of the team that won the Youth Cup two seasons ago — Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Henri Lansbury, James Shea the goalkeeper, Cedric Evina, Craig Eastmond, Tommy Cruise — all those guys played in the Youth Cup-winning side."